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Xilinx releases PowerPC, MicroBlaze development kit
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Xilinx Bolsters Automotive Solutions with First FPGA IP for Controller Area Networks
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Xilinx Drives New Families to Auto Market
Programmable logic company Xilinx is expanding its portfolio of products for the automotive industry, adding the low-cost Spartan 3E family and the high performance Virtex-4 platform FPGA device.
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VMETRO Introduces CameraLink Interface and User Programmable Xilinx FPGA - Combined in a Single PMC
VMETRO announces the availability of the CAML-MOD3 a CameraLink adaptor module for VMETRO's high performance Xilinx Virtex II Pro based PMC-FPGA03 PMC module. Capable of capturing video from two base-mode cameras or one Base, Medium or Full mode camera, the CAML-MOD3/PMC-FPGA03 combination opens up a new range of performance options for developers by merging data acquisition with the benefits of a local user programmable FPGA. The FPGA can be used to implement functions such as edge detection, FFTs, digital filtering and correlation to benefit applications including target tracking, feature recognition or real-time filtering.
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Xilinx Introduces Spartan-3E, Virtex-4 XA Devices
Xilinx Inc has announced the expansion of its Xilinx Automotive (XA) family of programmable logic devices (PLD) to include its entire line of Spartan-3E family and its Virtex-4 platform FPGA devices.
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Xilinx and Wavesat Collaborate in Development of World's First Mini-PCI Reference Design for WiMAX
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) announced that Wavesat Inc., a fabless semiconductor developer of broadband wireless chips, has chosen the Xilinx Spartan(TM)-3E field programmable gate array (FPGA) as a key component of the world's first mini-PCI reference design for WiMAX Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) and User Terminal applications. The high-performance features of the Spartan-3E FPGA are used to implement key functionality including a time-critical low-level Media Access Controller (MAC) block and PCI interface. With the IEEE802-16-2004 compliant WiMAX mini-PCI reference design, engineers can drastically accelerate time-to-market of emerging WiMAX equipment. Wavesat will showcase the solution at this week's WiMAX World in Boston, October 26-28, booth #308.
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Xilinx Targets WiMAX
Jumping on the WiMAX bandwagon, programmable logic company Xilinx has announced a suite of offerings directed at that market – its first foray into an emerging wireless space.
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High-Performance Platform from National Semiconductor and Xilinx Accelerates Design of Gigahertz-Speed Data Acquisition Systems
National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) and Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) introduced an integrated development platform that accelerates the design of complex, gigahertz-speed communications and test and measurement systems. The platform includes the world's highest-performance Xilinx Virtex(TM)-4 FPGA, which is optimized for reduced power and superior signal integrity, and the ADC08D1500, National Semiconductor's best-in-class, low-power, 3 giga-sample per second (GSPS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The board also is available with any of the other converters from National's gigahertz-speed ADC family.
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Xilinx Demonstrates Industry's First Programmable ExpressCard Solution
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), will demonstrate the industry's first programmable ExpressCard application, comprised of the Philips PX1011A PCI Express PHY and PDD 2016 DVB-T module, a Xilinx(R) Spartan-3E(TM) FPGA, and an optimized Xilinx PCI Express LogiCORE IP core. The solution is ideally suited to meet the PCMCIA performance and power requirements for the ExpressCard module specification.
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Xilinx Announces 8.1i Release of WebPACK - Industry's Only Free Fully Featured Design Suite
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX - News) announced the immediate availability of ISE WebPACK(TM) 8.1i -- the latest version of the company's free* downloadable development system. The new version now includes all the features of ISE Foundation with full support for embedded, DSP and real-time debug design flows. Also featured in the 8.1i release is support for all members of the Spartan(TM)-3E family, the industry's lowest cost FPGA, and additional support for Virtex(TM)-4 FPGA devices. WebPACK 8.1i's ISE Fmax Technology reduces overall design costs by providing up to a full speed grade in cost savings and up to 70 percent faster performance than competing FPGA products. WebPACK 8.1i includes ISE Simulator(TM) for both PC and Linux platforms, and an enhanced user interface for Linux and Windows platforms. ISE WebPACK 8.1i is available for immediate download at www.xilinx.com/webpack.
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Source: Xilinx to buy AccelChip
Xilinx is negotiating the purchase of EDA startup AccelChip Inc., a source close to the acquisition has told EDN. A Xilinx spokesperson said the company does not comment on rumors, but EDN's source told EDN that the acquisition is a done deal and that Xilinx paid $21 million for AccelChip, roughly $5 million more than the $16 million in funding AccelChip has raised to date.
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Xilinx Ships FPGA Industry's Only Compliant Programmable x8 PCI Express IP Core
Xilinx announced immediate availability of its compliant x1, x4 and x8 lane LogiCORE(TM) PCI Express IP Core ("PCIe IP Core") targeted for telecom, networking, storage and video applications. System designers can now take advantage of the programmability and reconfigurability of the Xilinx FPGA architecture to build fully compliant and interoperable PCI Express platforms.
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Design and analysis tool for Xilinx FPGAs
Xilinx announced the version 8.1 of its PlanAhead software, a hierarchical design and analysis solution that along with Xilinx ISE software delivers a performance advantage for Xilinx Virtex-4 and Spartan-3 FPGAs. PlanAhead streamlines the step between synthesis and place-and-route to give designers more control and insight into how designs are implemented to achieve their target Fmax with fewer design iterations. The tool allows designers to utilize a hierarchical design methodology to minimize routing congestion, simplify clocking and interconnect complexity, and explore implementation options.
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Xilinx Announces Industry's Lowest Cost Programmable PCI Express Starter Kit
Xilinx announced availability of the industry’s lowest cost PCI Express Starter Kit. Fully compliant with PCI Express specification v1.1, the new kit is based on the company’s low-cost family of Spartan™-3 FPGAs and uses the PX1011A PHY (physical layer) from Philips and an optimized PCI Express IP core from the Xilinx LogiCORE™ portfolio to deliver a fully compliant PCI Express implementation.
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VMETRO Develops New Board Level Products Supporting New Xilinx Virtex-5 Domain Optimized FPGAs
VMETRO announces its support for the Xilinx Virtex(TM)-5 family of FPGAs with the unveiling of two board level products designed around this revolutionary new device family. The products, based on open standard form-factors including PMC and PCI, are targeted for deployed embedded applications as well as development platforms.
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Xilinx Releases ISE WebPACK 8.2i - FPGA Industry's Only Free Fully Featured Design Suite
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX - News) announced the immediate availability of the Integrated Software Environment (ISE(TM)) WebPACK(TM) 8.2i release -- the latest version of the company's free downloadable programmable logic design suite. This new version includes all the features of the 8.2i release of the popular Xilinx ISE Foundation(TM) software with full support for optional embedded, digital signal processing (DSP) and real-time debug design flows. Most notably, ISE WebPACK 8.2i builds on the ISE Fmax Technology with the integration of the Xplorer utility enabling designers to easily explore multiple design rule settings and constraints to improve design performance by 10 percent. ISE WebPACK 8.2i provides support for all devices in the Spartan(TM)-3E family of FPGAs and select Virtex(TM)-4 FPGA devices.
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Lauterbach supports Xilinx MicroBlaze
Lauterbach has extended its TRACE32 ICD-Debugger and TRACE32 PowerTools product range to support the Xilinx MicroBlaze architecture. MicroBlaze is a configurable soft core based on a 32-bit Harvard RISC architecture that was developed especially for FPGA designs.
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Xilinx Announces PlanAhead 8.2 Design Suite - Extends Virtex-5 FPGA 65-nm Performance Advantage
Xilinx announced immediate availability of the 8.2 version of its PlanAhead(TM) hierarchical design and analysis software with support for its newest Virtex(TM)-5 LX family of 65nm FPGAs. Used in conjunction with the Xilinx Integrated Software Environment (ISE(TM)) design tools, PlanAhead 8.2 software delivers a two-speed grade performance and cost advantage over competing offerings.
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Xilinx Delivers 65nm Virtex-5 LX330 - Industry's Largest FPGA
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX - News), announced it has shipped the industry's largest FPGA. Developed using an advanced power-saving 65nm process technology, the Virtex(TM)-5 LX330 FPGA delivers 65 percent more logic than the largest 90nm FPGAs. Xilinx fab partners UMC and Toshiba have ramped production on their 65nm processes quickly and with excellent yields, allowing Xilinx to deliver the complete 65nm Virtex-5 LX platform on time and over one year ahead of its competition. Xilinx also announced the shipment of the LX220, which completes the rollout of the Virtex-5 LX family.
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Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs Achieve PCI Express Compliance - World's First FPGAs to Pass All v1.1 Specification Tests
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX - News), the world's leading supplier of programmable solutions, announced that its Virtex(TM)-5 LXT FPGAs have passed the latest PCI Express Endpoint v1.1 base specification compliance workshop and are now listed on the PCI-SIG integrator's list. This the first time the PCI-SIG, which controls PCI Express compliance, conducted a workshop to test for v1.1 compliance. Xilinx continues at the forefront of PCI Express technology with its Virtex(TM)-5 family, the world's first and only 65nm FPGAs available today, with hard-coded PCI Express® Endpoint and Tri-mode Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) blocks.
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Xilinx Announces Immediate Availability of Virtex-4 FX Based Development Platform
Xilinx today announced immediate availability of its lead-free, RoHS compliant ML410 development platform. Based on the Virtex(TM)-4 FX60 FPGA, the ML410 provides designers with a high performance logic fabric, two embedded PowerPC® 405 processors and a considerable quantity of high-speed serial I/O with integrated transceivers. When paired with the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) and extensive catalog of IP peripherals, the ML410 platform provides a comprehensive embedded development system that enables rapid prototyping and verification of embedded system designs.
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Xilinx Delivers Industry's First 90nm Non-Volatile FPGA Solution With New Spartan-3AN Platform
Xilinx, Inc.
(Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced the Spartan(TM)-3AN FPGA platform, an
expansion of its multi-platform strategy, and the industry's most advanced
non-volatile Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) solution. Built on its proven 90nm Spartan-3 Generation low-cost FPGA fabric, the new platform combines the performance and functionality advantages of SRAM-based technology with reliable non-volatile flash technology in a single-chip solution. With the industry's largest user flash memory and enhanced security capabilities, this new platform is optimized specifically for
non-volatile applications where higher system integration or security is critical. With up to 1,000X more on-chip user flash as compared to its nearest competitor, the Spartan-3AN platform offers unprecedented system
flexibility, significantly outperforming competing non-volatile FPGAs.
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Xilinx Delivers Virtex-5 LX330T Device - World's Largest FPGA With Serial Transceivers
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), announced delivery of the Virtex(TM)-5 LX330T device, the industry's
largest FPGA with high-speed serial transceivers. The Virtex-5 LX330T device delivers both high performance and low power using an advanced power-saving 65nm process technology and ultra-fast ExpressFabric™ technology. The Virtex-5 LX330T device extends the density leadership previously held by the Virtex-5 LX330 device announced last year, combining the industry's lowest power serial transceivers, consuming less than 100mW per channel at 3.2Gbps, and the industry's only built-in PCI Express(TM)
endpoint and tri-mode Ethernet MAC blocks. The ratio of IO, memory, and logic density allows the Virtex-5 LX330T device to address ASIC prototyping and development, wired and wireless communications, and test and measurement application requirements.
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